KJV King James Version
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
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Genesis 26:20
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
WEB World English Bible
The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
ASV American Standard Version
And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, ‘The water is ours;’ and he calleth the name of the well ‘Strife,’ because they have striven habitually with him;
Surrounding context — Genesis 26
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
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וַיָּרִ֜יבוּH7378 · rivto contendרֹעֵ֣יH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsגְרָ֗רH1642 · ge.rarGerarעִם־H5973 · imwithרֹעֵ֥יH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsיִצְחָ֛קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacלֵאמֹ֖רH559 · a.marto sayלָ֣נוּH9035 · nuusהַמָּ֑יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterוַיִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשֵֽׁם־H8034 · shemnameהַבְּאֵר֙H875 · be.erwellעֵ֔שֶׂקH6230 · e.seqEsekכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforהִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּH6229 · a.saqto contendעִמּֽוֹ׃H5973 · imwith
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